You bought some recording equipment and built a voiceover website. Hopefully you didn't spend the grocery or electric bill money. Are you now faced with a swarm of voice over agents calling and emailing you, sending you texts at all hours of the night? No!? How about video producers? No, again!? Really!?Did you post all your many accomplishments back to childhood in your about page? Did you say how great your voice is and how much you can do for their videos? I hope not.

Look. We all want to be everything to everybody alll the time, even in our private lives. We want everyone to love us and what we do. It Ain't gonna happen.If you want agents and video producers to take you seriously, you have to take yourself seriously.

Edge Studio has a free script library. Register for free to make use of these free practice scripts.You can also get free peer evaluation of your reads there also.They even have classes taught by voiceover experts (not free). There is help available all over the internet. Some free. Some not.

Beware what you pay for before checking it out!

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You should not have to shirk any existing obligations to work in this field. Voiceover should not add to any current financial difficulties. Before doing anything else, read some books on the business, contact a reputable school or coach, I have mentioned a few in previous blogs, to learn your capabilities. Discuss with them where you might fit in.

There are many niches available. Nobody can be everything to everybody. Find out what suits you and, if your finances can handle it, go for it.You should also be aware that, although your are beginning a business for yourself and your family, You still need to know how to ask questions and follow instructions. This ability will help you when instructors try to teach you basics, booth directors coach you in the booth when auditioning or recording a job or clients tell you what they want. Remember, nobody can do it alone. Trust me on that.

There are a multitude of people in the voiceover world who can, and will tell you how to build a successful voiceover business. Can they do it themselves? Have they done it themselves? I cannot nor would I try to tell you how to do it. What I can do is lead you to professional voice actors that have built businesses in the field of voice and video production. Professional voice talent who can and are willing to show you how they have found success. A short list is right here:

There are more, but these three have had more to do with my change of attitude towards my own approach to the business.

Don't get the idea that I make any money from endorsing their abilities. I don't. They would, more than likely, be surprised to know that I mentioned them in this blog.I endorse them because it has been their blogs, videos and suggestions that have motivated me to contact and connect with people who are in the business of producing videos, commercials, promos and documentaries and how to do it.

Understand that these people who create videos have no idea who you or I are until we introduce ourselves. They have no idea what we can and cannot do until we tell them. Posting cute little diddies and memes on social media sites won't accomplish that. Normally. We can't tell them what we do. We have to show them. That's where the demos come into play. I could never afford an effective professional demo. I made my own. Not necessarily the smartest move. It was better than nothing. Maybe. That would be another post. Proceeding from this point without training and demos would be fruitless. I know. Ask me.

After you get the demo, Google production companies out on professional sites like:

Build your profile on their sites, learn their rules of engagement and contact the members you wish to connect with get their email and send them a message. If they are on LinkedIn ask them to join your list of LinkedIn connections. Some will answer you immediately, some later. Be honest about who you are and what you are capable of. Anybody can smell smoke being blown at them, even with their eyes closed.

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It's Hard To Smell The Roses When Your Wallering In The Fertilizer.

Just so we get started and continue in the right direction with this blog. This is not an invitation to a pity party. This blog is for me and other people with a desire to begin a career in voiceover or advance their current career to understand that nobody is going to do it for you. It is not about accepting defeat or failure. It is about over coming failures and the fear of those failures as well as the fear of success. A great voiceover read would be More Than Just A Voice: The REAL Secret to Voiceover Success by Dave Courvoisier

This might sound selfish or self centered, if there is a difference. I am not writing this blog for any other reason than to flush my head out of my butt so that I can relocate the path I set for myslf seven years ago. So I can smell the roses in the garden I started back then. The garden of voiceover success. Fertilized witth the decomposing nos and harsh truths that everyone has to face one or more times in their lives. Even people who suffered the misfortune of so-called instant stardom. People believe that they are the stars of the project. The advertised product is the star of a collaboration of hardworking individuals, not just one person. People, if you rely on that one moment among the stars, you will burn out. You have to stay here on earth where you can communicate with people.

Try to create more moments like that over and over again. Remember, it's a collaboration

Work like it all depends on you

Realize that you are a part of a group working on the same project.

Be polite and respectful. There are a lot of voice actors in the world looking for work.

How have you overcome failures? Did you allow it to lift you up or suck you down?​Be sure to comment, Like, Tweet or opine. Follow this blog by filling out the form in the side column.

Having an income to feed your family, or, if you don't have that expense, yourself, is quite necessary while building you VO business. That might seem obvious to most, but there are those who don't have an income because they are certain that success in voiceover is not only inevitable, but just right around the corner. Then the next corner comes and they still have no income for necessities like food, clothing and, assuming you still have a home there are rent or mortgage and utilities to be paid. Your spouse might agree to help by working ouside the home, but most would appreciate you having at least a part time income. It's tough out there with no income, folks . Your spouse may not agree after a while and boot your butt out the door. Are your friends going to let you bring all your equipment and books to live with them with promises of money when your voiceover career kicks in? Not hardly!​If you are already working a job, keep it. It is hard to build a voiceover or any other business. ​Don't lose your head and family because someone said you have a great voice and you should get into voiceover. As I said earlier and will repeat in future blogs, It's hard and time consuming to build a VO business. Once you take classes and/or receive coaching, you need a demo, which costs a lot of money for a good one. There are books by successful and unsuccessful voice actors telling you how to market it. One such book buy an extremely successful voice actor is How to Start and Build a SIX FIGURE Voice Over Business:By Bill DeWees (affiliate link).Notice it says build.You need to market that demo to the people you would like to do work for, or agents. I would suggest staying away from pay to play websites as some of them tend to be expensive and mostly ineffective for most people, me, for instance. My opinion only, You could ask others..Keep your job or have some kind of income. I was already retired with an income when I began pursuing voiceover. Do what it takes to take care of the essentials in life. When you do that then take care of the ssentials of VO and VO will eventually take care of you. I said USUALLY.! There are no iron clad guarantees for anything. Keep your life in balance: Work, Recreation, Faith.Be sure to comment or opine and follow by filling out the form in side column.